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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>Are you an entrepreneur by nature or circumstance?<br />
3:00pm session, Journalism That Matters<br />
Seattle, Washington<br />
January 9, 2010<br />
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How do you define the word “entrepreneur”?<br />
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*Self-employed<br />
*Somebody who makes things happen for themselves<br />
*Holistic payment plan<br />
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Discussion of ways we can mould the future of journalism in a positive way.<br />
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*Shifting news ecology not based on new ideas, they are at least 3 years old<br />
*How to make it out to increase the bottom line<br />
*How to convey to the rest of the group that, in the end, its going to be okay<br />
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**Creating an industry-wide guide to being a freelance journalist**<br />
With JTM, we have a golden opportunity with shared wisdom to create a sustainable entrepreneurial model for non-company journalists<br />
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Action suggestion:<br />
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1. Identify local journalists who are working a highly successful business model<br />
2. Series of workshops to spread these useful models<br />
3. Make a business of this new community of peers<br />
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Action suggestion:<br />
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1. Create circles of professional freelance journalists groups to share Editor contacts, assignment opportunities, mentoring.<br />
2. Quantify various business models that WORK, in order to replicate them.<br />
3. Create a list of Northwest statistics and characteristics that make this region unique. This will help NW based freelancers market themselves globally.<br />
4. Allow space for ideas, groups, actions to PIVOT. We have to build something new out of this changing media landscape.<br />
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Discussion of the challenge of communication and movement forward of the entire group, in particular the older newspaper journalists who have no freelance experience.<br />
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**The Pitch Factory**<br />
*The freelance journalist as a brand**<br />
**What ideas/business models are FUNDABLE? Let’s find those peers who have struck gold and elevate the local freelance journalist experience.**<br />
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Our ideas are a goldmine, we can create sustainable revenue streams that support freelance journalism.<br />
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• merchandizing<br />
• consulting<br />
• advertising<br />
• donation – community orgs<br />
• access / gatekeeping<br />
• fundraising<br />
• licensing creative works<br />
• sponsorship<br />
• backend products<br />
• services</div>MichaelBradbury